According to South Korean media reports, Samsung has sent samples of the latest folding screen monitors to Apple, and according to the latter’s plan, they intend to launch a foldable screen iPhone in 2020
As mentioned in the report, Samsung’s folding screen for Apple is 7.2 inches, 0.1 inches smaller than the Galaxy Fold, and it is still an eversion design. In order to convince Apple to purchase its own folding screen, Samsung deliberately took capacity to say things. It is expected that the capacity of folding screens will be tens of millions next year (the Samsung folding screen will have a production capacity of about 2.4 million units this year)
Apple has a strong interest in folding screens. The 2020 version of the iPhone is going to test the water.
The Korean industry chain said that Apple’s interest in folding screens has been very large. Before the launch of Galaxy Fold, it was already discussing with Samsung about the problem of folding screen supply. They also looked for LG and BOE, but they are the best match. Still Samsung, the production capacity is the biggest guarantee
For many years, Apple has shown interest in foldable OLEDs in the form of related patent applications. The patent for folding screens used on mobile terminals was filed as early as 2013, and the patent name is “consumer electronics including at least a transparent casing and a flexible display assembly enclosed in a transparent casing.” The patent shows that a flexible display is mounted in a transparent housing that can be rolled up and that this display is an AMOLED type display
From the perspective of industry trends, folding screens will be a new and innovative form. When Apple can’t get rid of bangs for a while, folding screens will be a good option, they need new innovations. Supporting the high price, coupled with competitors have been involved in folding screen phones, this will make Apple has to re-examine and adjust the current development path
The iOS system has secretly tried to support the folding screen. Before
, there was a report from the US media that Apple had secretly researched the iOS system to start supporting the folding screen, which can be seen as the preparation for the launch of the folding screen iPhone. For such a new type of screen, the biggest problem at present is how to make the system deeply match the folding screen, so that users can use the folding screen mobile phone
iPhone is equipped with a folding screen concept map.
It is reported that Apple is currently doing the job of optimizing iOS multitasking, which is also a big advantage of folding screen. In addition to matching on the system, Apple will also try to reduce the cost of folding screens to ensure that the new machine is relatively close to the people in terms of price. Previously, the folding screen mobile phones released by Samsung and Huawei were very expensive. The cheapest ones were more than 13,000 yuan, and the most expensive ones even exceeded 17,000 yuan
Apple adjusts direction: increase iPhone innovation.
Samsung Galaxy Fold (left), Huawei Mate X (right).
The three iPhones released by Apple last year, due to the high price, led to sluggish sales, and the company’s revenue declined as a whole. Aside from some objective factors, users do not accept the high price of the iPhone, and more are still lack of innovation, which is where Apple will improve next
Recently, Cook stressed in an interview that innovation is the genes of Apple, and they have not stopped in the innovation on the iPhone. Next, they will adjust their ideas and make the iPhone more innovative. Although Cook has already released, but the current industry chain gives the news that the 2019 iPhone will not change much, in addition to adding three photos, bangs become smaller, the other is the adjustment of some iOS systems